Research Center
The Research Center is a resource for students and parents alike!
Lake Country students are great researchers, so we call our facility that functions as a library the Research Center (RC) to emphasize its place in the school. It has over nine thousand books, magazines, pamphlets, audiotapes, videos and DVDs, and offers students access to computer programs, the Internet, and audio-visual programs and equipment.
In addition to student resources, the Research Center offers a lending library of Montessori and other parenting books for adults. Recommended reading lists on various topics are available. A story time for children 18 months to 3 years of age is also offered once a week. Northern Lights, the school’s literary magazine, is published each year and is a showcase for the children’s artwork, essays, poetry and stories. Back issues of Northern Lights may be borrowed from the Research Center.
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The materials listed below are among the many Research Center resources that may be of interest to parents.
By Maria Montessori | About the Montessori Method
About Maria Montessori | Other Books and Resources for Parents
- The Absorbent Mind1
- Advanced Montessori Method
- Child in the Family
- Child, Society and the World
- Discovery of the Child
- Education and Peace
- Education for a New World
- Formation of Man
- From Childhood to Adolescence
- Montessori Elementary Material
- Montessori Method
- The Secret of Childhood1
- Spontaneous Activity in Education
- To Educate the Human Potential
Materials about the Montessori Method:
- At Home With Montessori, by Patricia Oriti
- Computer and the Child, by Peter Gephart Seele
- Look at the Child, by Aline D. Wolf
- Maria Montessori: Follow the Child, by Douglas Clark (video)
- Maria Montessori, her Life and Work, by E. M. Standing
- Montessori in Contemporary Amercian Culture, by Margaret Loeffler
- Montessori – A Modern Approach, by Paula Polk Lillard2
- Montessori: Play and Learn Parents Guide to Purposeful Play from 2 to 6, by Joy Starrey Turner
- Montessori and the Special Child, by R.C. Orem
- Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius, by Angeline Stoll Lillard3
- Montessori Today, by Paula Polk Lillard2
- The Normalized Child, by Kathleen Futrell1
- Nurturing the Spirit, by Aline D. Wolf
- Parents Guide to the Montessori Classroom, by Aline Wolf
- Teaching Montessori in the Home, by Elizabeth Hainstock
- What is Montessori Preschool, by David Kahn (video)
- Maria Montessori, by Bruno Leone
- Maria Montessori: Mammolina, by Barbara O’Connor
- Maria Montessori, by Michael Pollard
- Maria Montessori: Teacher of Teachers, by Marie Tennent Shepard
- Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work, by E. M. Standing3
- Maria Montessori, by Rita Kramer2
Other Great Books and Resources for Parents:
- A Fine Young Man, by Michael Gurian
- Anti Bias Curriculum, by Louise Derman Sparks
- Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Life of Children, by Michael Thompson & Catherine O’Neill Grace
- Being Your Best – Character Building in Children, by Barbara Lewis
- Bringing Up A Moral Child, by Michael Schulman
- Bringing Up Parents – The Teenager’s Handbook, by Alex Packer
- Body Project, by Joan Jacobs Brumberg
- The Child with special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual & Emotional Growth, by Greenspan & Wieder3
- Children of the Universe, by Michael & D’Neil Duffy
- Children Who Are Not Yet Peaceful – Preventing Exclusion in the Early Elementary Classroom, by Donna Bryant Goertz
- Children’s Minds – for Better and Worse, by Jane Healy
- The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life, by Parker Palmer3
- Creative Storytelling, by Jack Zipes
- Drama of the Gifted Child, by Alice Miller
- Essential Conversation – What Parents & Teachers Can Learn From Each Other, by Sara Lawrence Lightfoot
- Evolution's End, by Joseph Chilton Pearce2
- Failing at Fairness: How Schools Cheat Girls, by Myrna and David Sadker
- Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children’s Minds – for Better or Worse, by Jane Healy
- Families Like Mine – Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is, by Abaigail Garner
- Forty Ways to Raise A Nonracist Child, by Barbara Mathais and Mary Ann French
- Frames of Mind - The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, by Howard Gardiner3
- The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places, by Gary Paul Nabhan and Stephen Trimble3
- Girls Speak Out – Finding Your True Self, by Andrea Johnston
- Hearing Us Out – Voices from the Gay & Lesbian Community, by Roger Sutton
- The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos: Humanity and the New Story, by Brian Swimme3
- Hope and Healing – Peaceful Parenting in a Uncertain World, by Naomi Drew
- How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen, by Adele Faber
- The Hurried Child, by David Elkind3
- In Their Own Way, by Thomas Armstrong
- The Intentional Family: Simple Rituals to Strengthen Family Ties, by William Doherty3
- It’s Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues In School, Women’s Educational Media (video)
- Language and Thought of the Child, by Jean Paiget
- Learning to Honor the Young Adolescent, by Larry Schaefer (audio tape)
- Mothers & Sons – The Making of Vital & Loving Men, by Evelyn Bassoff
- Moral Life of Children, by Robert Coles
- Out-of-Sync Child – Recognizing & Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction, by Carol Stock Kranowitz
- Positive Discipline, by Jane Nelson
- Raising A Magical Child, by Joseph Chilton Pearce
- Raising A Thinking Child, by Myrna Shure
- Raising Cain – Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys, by Dan Kindlon & Michael Thompson
- Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self Indulgent World, by H. Stephen Gould & Jane Nelson
- Raising Your Spirited Child, by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
- Read Aloud Handbook, by Jim Trelease
- Reflexes, Learning and Behavior – A Window into the Child’s Mind, by Sally Goddard
- Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, by Mary Pipher
- Right Brained Children in a Left Brain World – Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child, by Jeffrey Freed & Laurie Parsons
- Safe Zone – A Kid’s Guide to Personal Safety, by Donna Chaiet & Francine Russell
- Seven Kinds of Smart, by Thomas Armstrong
- Seven Ways of Knowing – Understanding Multiple Intelligences, by David Lazear
- Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families, by Mary Pipher3
- Strategies for Stay at Home Parents, by Kristine Berggren
- Well Balanced Child – Movement & Early Learning, by Sally Goddard Blythe
- Why Do They Act That Way – Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You & Your Teen, by David Walsh
- Why Gender Mattters – What Paents and Teachers Need to Know About the Emerging Science of Sex Differences, by Leonard Sax
- Wonder of Boys, by Michael Gurian
1 - essential reading for all parents
2 - strongly recommended
3 - recommended reading